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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.25in'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Interview Wade
McMonagle </b>(Owner Venture Fund Company)<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">&nbsp; </span><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><u><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes">&nbsp;</span>Raffield Case</u></i></p>

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     l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'>I was at the Pirates and the Padres
     baseball game in the World Series Suite. I had rented the suite to get
     together with some potential and current investors. </li>
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     l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'>It is a good idea to have venture
     capitalist partners and their investors mingle. My agents are encouraged
     to invite people that they are trying to close funding deals with. </li>
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     to fund; these are the people that we are trying to convince to fund our
     venture capital operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span></li>
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     sector and are trying to gauge the local support for this area. </li>
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     dedicated fan to sit through 2 games in a row. </li>
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     agent.</li>
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     success of this type event; I work only with the best caterers. </li>
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     seemed confident that they would close a new deal. </li>
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